SSSD SOVEREIGN NEWS, 1-9-03

COM/AD Proton reporting for the SSSD Sovereign, flagship of the Emperor's Hammer Strike Fleet.

SOVEREIGN AND FLEET NEWS AND NOTES

-- Operation Outrageous Fortune update: LC Jon Doyle has been appointed TFA of Task Force Red Dragon. He and LC Frodo, TFA of Task Force Blue Falcon, are assembling their staffs for the wargame, scheduled to begin Jan. 19!

-- Congratulations to MAJ Mayk Wolverine, new WC of Wing IV!

-- EH Anniversary Award winners from the Sovereign:
SSSD Sovereign:
Admiral Proton (hullbreach@warpmail.net)
Colonel Stele Pellaeon (tieknt@juno.com)
Lieutenant Colonel Mike (suttonboy@ehnet.org)
Lieutenant Colonel Aeishline Strathaven (aeishline@tlen.pl)
Wing I:
Lieutenant Colonel Freelancer (mm-2@rocketmail.com)
Major Talons Pryde (talonsoftheclan@hotmail.com)
Commander Gyssler (underworldminion@hotmail.com)
Wing II:
Captain Koriel (_koriel@poczta.wp.pl)
Commander Cahir (cahir_mawr_dyffyr@poczta.onet.pl)
Lieutenant Commander Tim (tiecorps@swirve.com)
Wing III:
Captain Ace Hobbes (hobbes@poczta.onet.pl)
Lieutenant Commander Pokemaster (shadowx@twcny.rr.com)
Lieutenant Commander Razor (eh_razor@op.pl)
Wing IV:
Colonel Ricardo (bantha_34@hotmail.com)
Lieutenant Colonel Philo (cnwilde@pacbell.net)
Lieutenant Commander Szu (zmp@icpnet.pl)
Wing V:
Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Jahou Morgan (w.j.aigner@netway.at)
Major Yoman (ance@mbnet.fi)
Lieutenant Efherman (efherman@hotmail.com)
Omega Squadron:
Lieutenant Colonel Janich (janich@omegasquadron.org)

-- Homeworld fans, RA RogueWing pointed out this Star Wars mod:
http://www.tgu.org.uk/users/swfa/
RW says the Sovereign is in it!! The mod is being seriously considered as an RTS space combat official platform for the TIE Corps.

-- Don’t pass out, pilots, but I updated some of the Sov Web site the other day (news page, added the EH disclaimers to the index, updated the Wings page).

FORCE STRENGTH

-- Give a big Sovereign welcome to these new or returning pilots:
FM/CM Ras Kronar/Delta 1-2
FM/SL Lyon Krilbrook/Nun 2-3
FM/LCM Jan Schneider/Gimel 1-3

SSSD Sovereign [172]
Wing I [31]
Wing II [40]
Wing III [31]
Wing IV [36]
Wing V [33]

Omega Squadron [8]

SHIP COMPETITIONS

-- Sovereign Nighthawk Multiplayer Competition, each Friday night in
#ehcoc on IRC, 3 to 6 p.m. eastern time.

-- SBOTM: December results TBA, as soon as I clarify one item with CPT Koriel; January battles TBA, this week.

SHIP COMMUNICATIONS

IRC channel: #SSSD_Sovereign

Message board:
http://boards.minos.net

The SSSD Sovereign Cantina Song:
http://www.minos.net/~proton/drink.html

TRASH TALK OF THE WEEK

"Hey, I'm rather new to XWA, so I need a little assistance on a few things. For one, how the heck are you supposed to survive when someone launches about twenty missles at you? Thanks for the help ;)" -MAJ Argon Viper

"Take down your pants, bend over, KYA and say BOHICA." -COL Gen

"This is just the sort of question I like to hear from Wing I going into a competition." -GN Compton

“This evening I met up with GN Compton on AIM. I won't give you all of the details involved because they'd be pointless, but after talking to me a minute or two, he signed off suddenly.
Obviously, he was trying to ignore me because he's scared of what my wing can do. Yes, he was frightened that if I was able to get the info for the competition out of him, we would then begin to decimate his puny little squad. Hah, HAH I SAY!!! Brilliant.” –LC "Caesar" Mike

“See, I was hoping to run into you before you could go and make an ass of yourself by making such inane assumptions. The fact is that after you IMed me, the thought suddenly occured to me: "What if Wing I were to beat us?" Well, that thought made me laugh so hard that I suddenly had the extreme need to take a big dump. And rather than soil myself while at work, I ran for the head. By the time I got back, I had about 25 minutes of work time to complete a 30 minute project that absolutely had to be done today, so I signed off and got my work done.
I do apologize for not saying goodbye properly, though.” –GN Compton

“You know, if this keeps up, we may beat them due to inconvenient bowel movements... wouldn't that be a first ;P” –MAJ Argon Viper

“Not a chance. One of the many improvements the TIE Guardian has is a Zero-G toilet built into the seat of each fighter.” –GN Compton

“Ahh.. Soiling your pants everytime you actually got sent into combat got too much for you eh?” -CM Ras Kronar

“Quote from Omega
"I soiled my armor I was so scared..." ;P
-MAJ Argon Viper

“What? You mean he wasn't wearing his Depends (TM)? >:P “ –LC Freelancer

“I knew someone would misunderstand that. Here's the scoop:
Unlike most other pilots out there, we don't get short missions. As the Fleet Commander's Honor Squadron, we men of Omega sometimes have to be in our TIEs on patrol for days at a time. Without a break. At all. While some of you in Wing I may enjoy sitting around in soiled flightsuits (for those few of you who actually wear pants), we of Omega do not. Thus the toilets built into the seats of our T/Gs.” –GN Compton

COMBAT DEBRIEFING OF THE WEEK

“If a battle is over-the-top, I will most readily give it a low score. Mind you I've not flown your mission, but this is my philosophy.
From what I gather, I don't think I'd like flying it. There's hard, there's challenging, then there's just hard past the point of reasonability. I don't know which yours falls under, but if a mission is overly hard with no counter-balance, then it gets a low score. For example, in the original Lucasarts TIE battles, battle 1 had you in T/B, but you had lots of wingmen, simple targets, and idiot enemy
(really idiotic, like "rookie" level or something). You're in the worst ship, but you don't need a T/A's performance to complete the mission. In a turbolaser environment, *other* capital warships should
do the engaging if you are flying an older TIE (read: unshielded). Either that or give the player a shielded craft, or have AI craft with warheads take down the turbolaser-shooting-capship.
I say a mission designer must control the flow of events. Never (rarely ever) should the player be forced to do everything. AI wingmen should play a key role in every mission, be it your mothership ISD takes out the platform, or be it 4 T/I to help you intercept those cargo haulers. The weaker the craft you are in, and the stronger the enemy, the MORE wingmen you must have, not only to help destroy the enemy, but to give the enemy more targets to choose from. Then there's the select few, the 1 flight group that targets the "player craft" so that the player *still* has to work hard, even
with all the wingmates to help. And so on, and so forth.
Balance, I say. It's all about balance.” -LC Freelancer

COMMAND RANT OF THE WEEK

"Our activity leaves something to be desired... GET IT THE PHRICK UP OR I WILL BLOW EVERYONE OUT THE PHRICKING AIRLOCK!!!!!!!" -MAJ Talons Pryde

CANTINA COMMENTS

"Yeah, what's a tropical fruit doing in a temperate zone?" -LC Freelancer

“I imagine it is quite a relief to get rid of the responsibility of MSE's, Philo.. one thing the WC will have to learn, is that here in Wing IV, we are champion feet-draggers and have become well-versed in the practice over many years. :p” -COL Ricardo

“This is NEBULAR! Give him the turquoise lumps with the puce sauce!” –LC Freelancer

“Now, can Mike send us to the HGBs on a whim, or does he have to send the request up through proper Proton paper channels?” –LC Freelancer

“You mean we CAN damage the HGB?!?!? I thought they were impervious, because that's what Proton always led us to believe!
Hey, everybody, bring your favorite weapon/explosive/destructive tool! We're going to the HGB!” -LC Freelancer

“NOTHING can damage the HGBs. Trust me on this. I was the first to be sent to them, by no less than the GA himself, and Devin was the second. If WE couldn't damage them (we simply called them the waste tanks back then), then there's no way you guys could.” –GN Compton

"Coming to a seeming bare bulkhead, he stepped close to it, glanced down the corridor, and ran his hands over it, up and down, fairly quickly. He smiled as he heard the sound of vaccuum being filled, and quickly reached in and grabbed the three bottles in there, looking at the labels as he closed the bulkhead compartment. "Good, seems that at least SOME of Wolly's stashes are still intact. Now,
time to go figure out where the new cantina is." Flelm's fingers itched for a good game of sabacc." -CPT Flelm

"Well, times certainly have changed; we steal booze from Proton these days. /me ducks behind a plant as Dude walks by the door. Also, the guy planning to throw booze was me, old Wing VI tradition (Tav 4ever!!! ;)). Enjoy ;)" -MAJ Argon Viper

“ ::chuckles then picks Argon up by his neck and drags him kicking and screaming to The Pit. He then ties Argon up and ties several peices of raw meat on Argon's skin, and just to be cruel... He sprays Argon down with the scent of a female Scorptrooper in heat..:: Well, Argon.. have a great week.. ::pushes Argon into The Pit and watches the Scorptroops swarm what they think is a very hot female:: Hey, that was pretty fun! Bwhahahahahah” -RA Joe

"Greetings, members of the wing! Today is a momentous occassion! We are here to honour one of our own! He has been with us for quite a number of years, and while not always in the flesh, his presence has always been felt. It is time for the legend to be known! COL Reaper, please step forward. For all of your hardwork through the years, we are pleased to dedicate this urinal the COL Reaper Pisser! Next to yours stands the famous CPT Bret K'Thraz Piss-Monster. A momentous occassion in deed! Congrtulations. This honour is truly deserved!" -LT Halcyon

"Indeed, it is truly an honor for him.. just look at how the new Reaper urinal gleams! And are those real gold pipes, with a plush, velvet flusher!? My goodness, there's even a pic of the honorable Brit on the inside of the pisser. I know that I will enjoy relieving myself on my former WC many times, after long, hard nights in the cantina.. Congrats, Reap!" -COL Ricardo

"I was wondering what that queue was all about. =P Congrats on recieving such an honour, Reaps!" -LCM HicRic

"Lol, are you guys normally talk about urinals here, or this is just an exception (although I agree with the fact that long nights in the cantina, and many alcohol drinks served, many of us might use such
hmmm... artefact :P" -MAJ Wolvie

"this is mellow compared to some of the stuff that comes across this group. :) There were definatly some interesting Ewok conversasions." -CPT Hello

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